Fund a Community Jiangxiang Bing Station - 100 Meals a Day

Mr Tang (Xiao Tang, @chuanminhtang on TikTok) is a street-food cook from Nanchong, Sichuan, who works a griddle on the sidewalks of Los Angeles. Every week he hands out hundreds of free jiangxiang bing - golden savoury Chinese flatbread - to homeless and low-income neighbours in some of LA's poorest districts. He speaks little English and works through a translation app; he was detained by police in 2025 in a dispute over street-vending rules, and he has said he wants to one day run for Mayor of Los Angeles. Grateful people on Skid Row have called him 'President'. LA County counted about 72,000 homeless residents in 2025 - roughly 43,600 of them inside the city itself. One hot jiangxiang bing will not end that, but on the street it means someone saw you, today. Mr Tang started with one griddle, one cart and a translation app. The next step is the same idea at scale: a community jiangxiang bing station - griddle, cart, gas, ingredients and trained volunteers - capable of serving around 100 hot meals a day in the places other services do not reach. This tier funds a day of a station: everything from the first flour scoop to the last handed-out bag. Entry: GBP 50.00 runs a station for a day. HELP THE POORS is building a network of street kitchens modelled on Mr Tang's example: hot food, handed out free, with no questions and no forms.

Price: £50.00

Location: London, W1B 5HL

Published by Luk Kane on OmniList.